🔍 Are you stuck in survival mode—constantly proving your worth, chasing validation, and guarding your image?

Many believers find themselves circling the same struggles, not because they don’t love God, but because they haven’t left the first level of spiritual growth: the flesh-and-ego stage. In this kickoff session of our new series, we uncover what’s really keeping us from spiritual maturity—and how to move forward.

This episode lays the foundation for going to the next level in your walk with Christ.

You’ll learn how God designed spiritual growth to be a progressive journey—one where each level brings new challenges but also new transformation. We begin at the “self” level, where fear, pride, insecurity, and comparison dominate. Through biblical stories like Cain and Abel and the Tower of Babel, we see how self-centered living—driven by fear and fueled by ego—leads to stagnation and spiritual hollowness.

But the good news? God hasn’t left us stuck. This episode maps out the process of growth, exposing the traps of ego and pointing the way to freedom through surrender. We reflect on how Christ calls us beyond ego, into identity rooted in Him—not in performance, achievement, or approval.

🛠️ 5 Key Takeaways:

• Spiritual maturity begins by recognizing and crucifying the ego.

• The “flesh state” is driven by fear, comparison, and the need for validation.

• Ego keeps us stuck in survival mode—focused on image over substance.

• Scripture doesn’t tell us to improve ego; it tells us to kill it (Galatians 2:20).

• True identity is found in Christ, not in what we accomplish or own.

💬 “Many modalities try to improve the ego—but God says it must die.”